Standing there and watching the convoy go west, Ni Chenyi rode at the end of the convoy. Every few miles he would turn around and look back, three times in a row, and even disappear from sight.

After the convoy disappeared, he still stood there in a daze. His mood at this time was very complicated. In addition to reluctance and melancholy, he also felt a little guilty. Although having three wives and four concubines was very common nowadays, he had lived in a remote mountain village since he was a child, and ordinary

Common people usually only have one married wife, so he doesn't quite understand or approve of the way officials and wealthy businessmen take wives and concubines. It is precisely because of this mentality that he feels ashamed of Ni Chenyi, because he knows that he has deep feelings in his heart.

I like Zhang Mo more than Ni Chenyi.

Just as he was in a daze, a voice with a big head came from beside him, "Sir, they have gone far."

Hearing the sound, he turned around and saw Big Head arriving at some point. He was standing behind him, holding a black cloak in his hand.

"Sir, the wind has picked up." Da Tou handed over the cloak.

He took the cloak and sighed. This cloak was also given to him by Ni Chenyi that day. He was not a tangled person, but he was very tangled in his heart at this time. Just because he knew that he liked Zhang Mo more than Ni Chenyi, he treated himself

At this moment of reluctance and melancholy, he felt so ashamed. Since Ni Chenyi was not the first in his heart, what right did he have to feel disappointed and depressed about her departure.

Datou also wanted to put on a cloak, but he was too short and was unable to do so, so he could only urge him again, "Sir, put it on quickly."

Hearing Da Tou's words, he put on his cloak and tilted his head to look at Da Tou. Thinking that this loyal subordinate was suffering from chronic illness and was not going to die soon, he felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

Datou didn't know what he was thinking, "Sir, go back, they have gone far."

He recalled his thoughts and nodded, then walked towards the city gate. When he reached the city gate, he turned around and looked back. After waiting for a while, he didn't see Ni Chenyi riding back, and then he walked through the city gate and returned to the city.

It was already past the closing time. When he and Datou returned to the city, the soldiers guarding the gate immediately closed the city gate.

He steeled himself and walked eastward, "I allocated the silver coins for recruiting soldiers this afternoon. Did the Shaolin Temple and the Beggar Clan take the silver coins?"

"Sir, I don't have any errands in the household department." Datou shook his head.

The original intention of speaking was to pretend to be calm and not to appear too out of character, but the words he wanted to say revealed his absent-mindedness and lack of concentration. He was worried that the more he spoke, the more he would make a mistake, so he did not speak again.

"Sir, Yang Kai is back." Big Head said.

Hearing Da Tou's words, he felt slightly less sad, "When did you come back and where are you now?"

"Shen Shi came back," Datou said. "Now at the Yushitai, his face doesn't look good. He seems to be injured."

"What's going on?" he asked eagerly.

"I don't know the specific situation. I saw that his face didn't look good, so I asked about it, but he only said that he had caught a cold and it was nothing serious." Datou said.

"He is a Qi practitioner, so how can he be easily infected with wind and cold." He spoke at a faster pace.

The Yushitai is on the west side of the imperial city, in the east city. Two quarters of an hour later, the two of them returned to the Yushitai.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of Yushitai, he met Shi Xuanming who was about to go out. To his surprise, Shi Xuanming did not wear cassock at this time, but put on casual clothes and a cloth hat on his head.

Without waiting to ask a question, Shi Xuanming took the initiative and said, "Taoist Master, I took fifty taels of silver from the accounting room and let you know."

Ni Chenyi had previously given Shi Xuanming 5,000 taels of gold, and the money had always been in his account. Shi Xuanming could withdraw it at will, but Shi Xuanming had not touched the money before.

"Master is serious, that money is yours, you can

You can withdraw as you wish." At this point, he asked casually, "Master, what are you going to do with your new outfit?"

"Feel the suffering of the world and experience the joy of the world." Shi Xuanming walked westward.

Anxious to see Yang Kai, Shi Xuanbai didn't ask any more questions. During the day, Shi Xuanbai had been busy supervising the police officers of Yushitai to practice martial arts. He couldn't interfere too much with what they were doing at night.

Although a house was given to Yang Kai, Yang Kai still lived in the public house on Yushitai on weekdays. When the two went to Yang Kai's room, they found that the door was closed and there was no light in the room.

After asking for advice with his eyes, Big Tou stepped forward and knocked on the door. The door was not bolted, so Big Tou pushed the door open and entered directly.

Then he entered the door. Although he didn't hold a lamp, he could clearly see Yang Kai sitting cross-legged on the bed and breathing. His previous guess was correct. Yang Kai was not infected with the cold. There was a faint black air lingering on the top of his head, and his face was black and green.

It's obviously an evil spirit invading from within.

The Zhou Tian Divine Skill can be withdrawn at any time. Seeing the two of them entering the door, Yang Kai stopped breathing and went down to the ground to greet them.

At this time, Da Tou had already lit up the oil lamp in the room. Yang Kai bowed his hand in greeting and did not return the gift. Instead, he directly reached out and held Yang Kai's left hand, "What happened?"

"On the way back, I encountered a strange creature that had become a spirit and was causing trouble and harming people," Yang Kai said. "I fought with that monster. Although I seriously injured it, it bit me on my left arm."

"What kind of alien?" he asked casually.

"A white-haired alien who transformed into a woman in white is called Pizi by the local people." Yang Kai replied.

After checking Yang Kai's pulse, he rolled up his sleeve and looked at the wound on his left arm. Although the wound was not big, the area around the wound was already black.

"Its teeth are poisonous." He walked to the desk and started writing.

"Weasels don't seem to be poisonous." The big head came closer.

"Pizi and Huangpi

"Pi Zi is not a thing," he said while writing, "Pi Zi is much bigger than a weasel, and its body is similar to a domestic dog. This animal is much more powerful than a weasel, and it is especially good at bewitching people and harming people. Most of these animals are poisonous.

It is eaten, so the teeth are poisonous and the poison is complex. If you are bitten by it, you cannot use your internal strength to force out the poison."

Seeing that the tone was not very anxious, Datou knew that Yang Kai's injury was not serious, and then asked curiously, "Yang Kai, did you just say that thing can transform into a human?"

Yang Kai lowered his sleeves and nodded, then turned and said, "Sir, the situation outside is not quite right."

"What's wrong?" He handed the written prescription to Datou, "Send someone to get the medicine."

Datou took the prescription and walked out quickly, and Yang Kai said, "The spirits are causing mischief, and ghosts are rampant. Some villages that are full of hunger and death are even shrouded in black clouds, and ghosts cry during the day."

Hearing this, he did not answer immediately. The situation Yang Kai mentioned did not happen suddenly. In fact, a similar situation had already occurred before he came to Chang'an, but the situation was not so serious.

The ancients said that when a country is about to fall, there must be evil spirits. The large number of evil spirits and ghosts also shows that the fortunes of the Tang Dynasty are not prosperous and the vitality is sluggish.

"What were the conditions of the people you saw along the way?" he asked.

"Not good," Yang Kai shook his head, "This winter has been extremely cold, and even heavy snow has fallen in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. The people are in poverty and have no food to eat, and the officials are strict and fierce, and still press for taxes. The people cannot live, or leave their hometowns, or

They robbed homes and homes, and everywhere they went there was a scene of chaos.”

Although Yang Kai was unsmiling, he was also a kind-hearted person. When he said this, he shook his head helplessly and let out a long sigh.

"Did you know that I have been promoted to Minister of Household Affairs?" he asked.

"Big Head told me." Yang Kai nodded.
Chapter completed!